NIGERIA: Shell Nigeria Gas, Nigerian Gas Marketing Corp seal Gas Distribution Deal

The Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) has signed a 20-year agreement for the domestic distribution of gas to industrial customers and manufacturing plants in Lagos and Ogun States in south-western Nigeria. … Read More

NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Begins 450 km 2D Seismic Program in the Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. has announced that it has commenced the permitting process for the acquisition of 450 kilometers of 2D seismic data in the deep Kavango Basin in the … Read More

Tlou Energy, Botswana Power Corporation Execute Pilot Power Purchase Agreement

A pilot Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) has been fully executed between Tlou Energy and Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) for the first 2MW of power from the Lesedi project. A grid connection agreement has also been signed which … Read More

ENERGY: Apex International Energy Discovers Oil in the Western Desert

Apex International Energy (Apex), which is backed in part by UK energy investment firm Blue Water Energy, today announced a new oil discovery in Southeast Meleiha Concession (SEM), located in … Read More

For Africa’s Oil- and Gas-Producing Countries, Negotiating the Current Environment May Require…Negotiation

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber In late 2019, as the African oil and gas industry was looking to the future with optimism, Offshore Engineer wrote that the … Read More

NIGERIA: Heirs Holdings Acquires 45% of OML 17 from Shell, Total and ENI

Heirs Holdings  the leading African strategic investor, in partnership with affiliated company Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), Nigeria’s largest publicly listed conglomerate, announced today the unconditional acquisition of a 45% … Read More

SUDAN: Geological Research Authority Sign MoU with the Nile Valley University

The General Authority for Geological Research signed a memorandum of understanding with Nile Valley University in a number of geological fields in the presence of the Undersecretary of the Minerals … Read More

Kenya Upstream Sector Activity to Remain Dismal Unless Government Renews or Extends Expired Licenses

The Kenya upstream sector will continue to witness a depressed environment with most planned activities unlikely to continue after multiple drill ready prospects  in various licenses remain unattended after expiry … Read More

Energy Institute Hosts IP Week 2021: From Crisis to Low Carbon Opportunity – A Decade of Delivery for the Oil & Gas Industry

This coming decade will be defined by three historic, global challenges: building a resilient recovery from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic; achieving the UN goal of universal access to energy for … Read More